The Mona Passage, is a common route for voyages taking migrants from the Dominican Republic and Haiti toward Puerto Rico. Among the survivors: 11 women and 20 men. The exact number of people on the vessel is unclear. The boat was spotted by a U.S Customs and Border Protection aircraft about 11 miles from Desecheo Island - an uninhabited wildlife refuge in the Mona Passage off of Puerto Rico’s western coast. Thursday, May 12th, a boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized near Puerto Rico, leaving at least 11 dead. Haitians on and off the internet continue to decry the inadequate response from Ariel Henry ’s administration in the face of the unspeakable violence. Images taken by the gangs themselves have been making the rounds on social media spreading fear as the conflict simmered down. Frédéric Thomas alleges that the Haitian Police ( PNH ) has also been involved, providing armored vehicles to shuttle gang members fending off the attack by 400 Mawozo. RNDDH has denounced these events as a massacre of unprecedented cruelty. Listen to the episode of RFI ’s Decryptage “ Haíti: une violence hors de contrôle?” for more on this analysis (French).Īccording to a survey of affected areas conducted by the RNDDH, this round of extreme violence has pushed 9,000 people out of their homes and killed at least 148 people. Une île pour deux and lecturer in geography at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne describes the situation as a civil war, where gangs are better equipped than the State. Jean-Marie Theodat, author of Haïti, République dominicaine. Nathalie ‘Talie’ Cerin, lead editor, Woy Magazine We’re glad to be back to continue this work. So that we can know their story-our story, and so we can know the cruelty power is capable of. Summarizing an entire country in one newsletter every two weeks will remain impossible, especially in the never-ending spiral that is Ayiti, but we can pause to listen to those that are speaking as they reach us. You may sit down one day to write a well-thought-out reflection on an ongoing drought, only to discover news of immense floods by the time you’ve typed your first sentence. One thing Woy Magazine has taught me is that Haiti is a nonstop spiral. Can we really capture the happenings of one nation in two weeks? Not really. Over the last few months, I’ve been asking myself what it is we seek to do with this newsletter. As we attempted to rest, violent conflict erupted in Laplèn, in the north region of Port-au-Prince, where many Haitians have lost their homes and lives. We took a much-needed break over the last couple of months to rest. I realize now that she did this to make sure we knew the story of the Africas and to make sure we knew the cruelty this country was capable of. Growing up, my mother was haunted by the story of the MOVE organization and would retell it to me and my siblings. My mind keeps coming back to the thought of how Philadelphia historically serves as a shining example of the violence this country inflicts on Black people. Eleven Black people were killed that day including men, women, and children. I write this from the city of Philadelphia where, on this day (May 13th) in 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a military-grade bomb on a residential home housing members of the MOVE organization. Maurice Sixto - Gwo moso TikTok Gwo moso song created by Maurice Sixto.Īdvertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns.Welcome to the latest edition of Woy Magazine’s biweekly newsletter, providing you with must-know news and commentary on Haiti and our Diaspora. Le samedi 29 octobre, Le Villate, Ption-Ville, sera prsente une adaptation thtrale de la lodyans crole clbre Gwo Moso de Maurice A. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.Ī cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. Watch the latest videos about Gwo moso on TikTok. 20th century was Maurice Sixto, a great advocate of Creole whose recordings. Ticket a rencontr pour ses lecteurs Billy Elucien de Foudiz, dramaturge et metteur en scne. like Ti Sentaniz the restavek (child slave) and Gwo Moso, the feckless. Discover videos related to maurice sixto istwa gro moso on TikTok. YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
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